James Pierce Barton (Zanesville, Ohio, 1817-1891)

Portrait of Amelia Blandy
Circa 1850
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Viola Moore Blount and Mr. Henry Blandy Moore
2017.006.001

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The tender, yet penetrating gaze of Mrs. Amelia Blandy, the sitter’s nondescript setting, and the work’s subtle, monochromatic color palette focus our attention on her youthfully delicate and refined features. As a result, Mrs. Blandy appears far more life-like in this painting than does her husband, Mr. Henry Blandy, in the adjacent portrait currently on view in the Shirley Gorsuch Gallery.